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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?
(a) Inferential evidence.
(b) Empirical evidence.
(c) Infallible belief.
(d) Reason.

2. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?
(a) "I think, therefore I am."
(b) "I exist, therefore I am."
(c) "I see, therefore I am."
(d) "I live, therefore I am."

3. Who began the problem of objective knowledge?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hume.
(d) Descartes.

4. What did Kant study throughout his early academic career?
(a) A variety of disciplines.
(b) Geography.
(c) Math.
(d) Philosophy.

5. In what year was Kant born?
(a) 1767.
(b) 1724.
(c) 1712.
(d) 1820.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

2. Which of the following is true about Kant's time in school?

3. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

4. According to Hume, what does all knowledge come through?

5. What did "Critique of Judgment" deal with?

(see the answer key)

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